[CHAPTER I]
The title Dragoon—the beginning of the Royal Scots Greys (royal warrants of 1672 and 1678)—the state of Scotland in 1678—warrants appointing officers, 1678—order relating to three Independent Troops of Dragoons—appointment of the Duke of Monmouth, 1679—appointment of Thomas Dalzell, 1679—memoirs and experiences of Captain John Crichton—murder of the Archbishop of St. Andrews—battle of Bothwell Bridge—desperate fight in Airs Moss—warrant of Charles II. regimenting six troops and establishing Royal Scots Greys, 1681—warrant of establishment, 1681—commission of Lord Charles Murray, and of Thomas Dalzell as colonel, 1681—Creighton's account of the coming of William III.—Creighton's imprisonment in the Tolbooth—establishment of the regiment at accession of James II. and William III.—the Greys proceed to Flanders, 1694—take part in the campaigns of Marlborough, siege of Venloo, Stevenswaert, Ruremond, Liege—brilliant rescue of treasure from French troops by the Greys—their gallant capture of the enemy's post at Schellenberg—the Greys take part in the battle of Blenheim, a cavalry victory—contemporary account from Hare's journal.
[CHAPTER II]
The siege of Landau, 1704—British camp visited by the King of the Romans—battle of the river Geet—Sir Walter Scott's praise of the regiment—victory of Ramillies—the Greys defeat the Regiment du Roi at Autreglize—strange history of "Mother Ross," a famous Amazon, wounded as a trooper of the Greys at Ramillies—desperate battle of Malplaquet, signal bravery of the Greys—battle of Oudenarde—exploit of the Greys at Pont-à-Nache—sieges of Aire and Saint-Venant—end of the campaign—fresh campaign in French Flanders—siege of Bouchain—French sue for peace, 1712—Treaty of Utrecht, 1713—question of precedence, 1694—Greys rank as Second Dragoons, 1713—Greys take part in putting down the Rebellion of the Old Pretender—and defeat Jacobites at Strachell—Greys reviewed at Hounslow by George II.—suppression of Kentish smugglers, 1737—Greys encamped in Windsor Forest—reviewed by George II. on Kew Green—arrive at Dover—British Military Journal, 1799—heroism of the Greys at Dettingen—and Fontenoy—Greys capture the White Standard—campaign in Flanders.
[CHAPTER III]
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748—short-sighted reduction of the Greys' numbers—the brigade fire the shipping at St. Malo—Greys take part in the capture of Cherbourg—notes from a Regimental Order Book, 1759—defeat of the French under Marshal Broglio at Zierenberg—account of the battle in the London Gazette, 1760—surprise and complete success of the night attack—signing of peace, 1763—Greys return to England, and are reduced as usual!—Greys reviewed by George III.—Greys during the French Revolution, 1793—war declared against England by the Convention, 1793—siege of Valenciennes, Dunkirk—magnificent charge of Greys at the battle of Tournay—return to England—the folly of reduction again!—war with France, 1803—Greys take part in the procession at Nelson's funeral—return of the Greys to Scotland, 1807—the Greys reviewed by the Prince Regent, King of Prussia, and Czar of Russia, in Hyde Park, 1814—Napoleon returns to France, 1815.
[CHAPTER IV]
Records relating to Colonel Hamilton (originally James Anderson)—account of Colonel Hamilton's heroism when wounded at Waterloo—story of Colonel Hamilton (James Anderson) from Good Words, 1866—letters by Cornet Kinchant before Waterloo, also letters describing his death by treachery in the battle, and the vengeance taken by Sergeant Ewart of his troop—great gallantry and success of Sergeant Ewart—his capture of a French Eagle—extracts from a Waterloo Journal, by Lieutenant A. J. Hamilton—copy of a letter from Lieutenant A. J. Hamilton, written from the camp, near Mons—letter from Cornet Clape, of the Greys, a week after the battle—letter from Lieutenant Macmillan, Adjutant of the Scots Greys, at the battle of Waterloo, giving an account of the part played at Waterloo by the Scots Greys.